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The author of 37 plays,

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a hundred and fifty-four sonnets,

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and several narrative poems that are collectively known

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as the ultimate expressions of humanity in the English language.

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[♪♪♪]

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And yet...

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And yet,

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not a single manuscript of any kind

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has ever been found written in Shakespeare's own hand.

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ln 400 years, not one document.

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He was born the son of a glove maker,

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and at some unknown time, armed

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[THUNDER CRASHlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

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but with a grammar-school education,

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he went to London,

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where, the story goes, he became an actor,

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and, eventually, a playwright.

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He died at the age of 52.

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And he was survived by his wife and two daughters,

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who, like Shakespeare's own father, were irrefutably illiterate.